BOSTON (CBS) – Dustin Pedroia is reportedly close to getting a long-term, big money contract from the Boston Red Sox.

The second baseball will reportedly get $20-million annually from Boston, a high price tag for a middle infielder. But CBS Sports Baseball Insider Jon Heyman says Pedroia is worth it.

“If you have a star like Dustin Pedroia, that’s the going rate,” he told 98.5 The Sports Hub’sGresh & Zolak on Tuesday. “I would expect nothing less; he’s the heart of the team, an all-star and one of the better players in the league – a former MVP.”

Trade deadline talk is also heating up around baseball, and Heyman gives the latest on a potential reunion for Alfonso Soriano and the Yankees, and which pitcher is big name on the market now that Matt Garza has landed in Texas.